For those that love bananas and love a cake like loaf, National Banana Bread Day is your day. Banana bread is considered a quick bread. This sweet bread requires no kneading or yeast to rise.
Instead it is a cake like batter that is thick using baking soda or baking powder as the leavening agent for the bread.
Mashed bananas are the main ingredient used, with additions of different flavoring such as chocolate chip, raisins, nuts and coconut, so try one or different versions of banana bread for National Banana Bread Day or you can create your own banana bread.
Banana bread is one of the more popular quick breads, and is often a best seller at bake sales.
Banana’s is the most popular fruit. It was originally found in the region of Malaysia, and arrived in the Pennsylvania in 1876 to celebrate the hundred year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. They were wrapped in tin foil and sold for 10 cents.
Banana is not just loaded with potassium, but also vitamins B6 and B12 and magnesium. They are low in sodium. So when you eat banana bread on National Banana Bread Day you are getting these essential vitamins.
A medium banana contains 1g of protein, 3 g of fiber. Bananas are a good source of food for diabetic and hypoglycemic people.
Here is a beauty fact about bananas the peel is known to reduce wrinkles around the eyes, because the skin is also loaded with potassium. You want to use the yellow side of the peel and rub it under the eyes. Banana peel can also reduce itching and swelling from insect bites when you rub the peel.
On National Banana Bread Day try this recipe and enjoy eating some banana bread for breakfast or snack.
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